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September 1988

30 sheets · 150 questions · Grades 4-6

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  1. 1st September 1988A meal deal has 3 mains, 8 sides and 2 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  2. 2nd September 1988A line has equation y = 2x - 6. Write down where it crosses the x-axis and where it crosses the y-axis.
  3. 3rd September 1988Red and blue sweets are in the ratio 4 : 9. There are 60 red sweets. How many sweets are there altogether?
  4. 4th September 1988Work out the size of one exterior angle of a regular decagon.
  5. 5th September 1988A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.4. It is thrown 500 times. How many heads would you expect?
  6. 6th September 1988In a survey 3 households own 1 car, 2 own 2 cars and 9 own 3 cars. Work out the mean number of cars, to 2 decimal places.
  7. 7th September 1988A bill is £552 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  8. 8th September 1988Solve 3(x + 8) = 30.
  9. 9th September 1988A map has a scale of 1 : 25000. Two villages are 11 cm apart on the map. How far apart are they in real life, in km?
  10. 10th September 1988The bearing of B from A is 053°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
  11. 11th September 1988A bag holds 3 red and 4 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
  12. 12th September 1988A box plot has a minimum of 9 and a maximum of 43. Work out the range.
  13. 13th September 1988Work out (45 x 10^8) / (9 x 10^2). Give your answer in standard form.
  14. 14th September 1988Use v = u + at with u = 7, a = 6 and t = 7. Work out v.
  15. 15th September 1988A pack of 11 batteries costs £6.60. A pack of 44 costs £25.08. Which pack is better value?
  16. 16th September 1988A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 6 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
  17. 17th September 1988A bag holds 4 red and 3 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
  18. 18th September 1988A line of best fit on a scatter graph has equation y = 7x + 37. Use it to estimate y when x = 4.
  19. 19th September 1988A meal deal has 5 mains, 4 sides and 2 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  20. 20th September 19885 teas and 4 cakes cost £20.90. 3 teas and 5 cakes cost £18.00. Find the price of a tea.
  21. 21st September 1988Work out 25% of 40.
  22. 22nd September 1988A trapezium has parallel sides of 5 cm and 9 cm, 14 cm apart. Work out its area.
  23. 23rd September 1988A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.15. It is thrown 50 times. How many heads would you expect?
  24. 24th September 1988Four classes in order have frequencies 10, 10, 11, 6. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
  25. 25th September 1988A bill is £624 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  26. 26th September 1988For the curve y = 28/x, work out y when x = -4, and write down the equation of its vertical asymptote.
  27. 27th September 1988Write the ratio 4 : 8 in the form 1 : n.
  28. 28th September 1988Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 73°, 55° and 104°. Work out the fourth.
  29. 29th September 1988A bag holds 5 red and 4 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
  30. 30th September 198835 voles are marked and released. Later 72 are caught, of which 8 are marked. Estimate the population.

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